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The CS Primer Show

Straight from the Nand Cave and also somewhere else in a cave or maybe outer space comes The CS Primer Show.

Here's episode one, where Oz and I meander around Richard Hamming's excellent talk You And Your Research.

Subscribe to the YouTube channel for future episodes. You can expect a whole lot of Bell Labs content. Also check out Oz's new educational venture CS Primer - it's like having your own personal Aristotle-Oz computer science tutor and I'm loving it!

Next speaking gig: Modern Web Development, Thu., 30 Mar, 5pm in Berlin’s Microsoft Reactor and streaming.

Thursday, 30.03.2023 I will be in Microsoft’s Reactor in Berlin together with Yann Duval, Stefan Judis and Tobias Kunisch talking about “Modern Web Development”. The talks will also be streamed, so mark your calendars. Here’s the agenda: 4:30PM: Doors Open 5:00PM – 5:45PM: Azure Developer Community Call “News & Hot Topics”: Centering DIVs in new […]

PHP & NGINX logs with Laravel Valet

Putting this in a blog post because I always forget.

To view PHP logs from Laravel Valet:

open ~/.config/valet/Log/php-fpm.log

To view NGINX logs from Laravel Valet:

open ~/.config/valet/Log/nginx-error.log

ChatGPT is a game changer, but it could become a problem…

As technology continues to advance, artificial intelligence (AI) is quickly becoming a game changer in many industries. Among the most promising AI applications is ChatGPT, a language model that has been hailed as a significant step forward in natural language processing. ChatGPT is based on the GPT-3.5 architecture, a model developed by machine learning expert […]

Forcing people back into the office is a massive step backwards

One of the annoying things in the current tech market decline is the drive by companies to RTO - return people to office. To me, it represents a massive step back in the modern workplace. It is a blow to inclusivity and a knee-jerk reaction to show the stock market decisiveness and “leadership”. Face to […]